Cultivator.



J. H. DEKLE. GULTIVATOR.

APPLIUATION FILED 0012.2, 1911.

1,041,043. Patented 0111.154912.

Hilf' (11H0: null JOHN H. DEKLE, OF REGISTER, GEORGIA.

CULTIVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15,1912.

Application filed October 2, 1911. Serial No. 652,265).

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. Dennie, a citizen of the United States,residing` at Register, in the county of Bulloch, State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in lultivators; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to plows, cultivators, and like implements, andhas for its principal object to provide a plow with a standard which canbe readily adjusted either laterally or vertically or both.

Another object of the invention is to -provide an attachment for plowbeams consisting of laterally swinging element and a standard adjustablyconnected for vertical movements to said element.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an attachment forthe purpose described, which is composed of a minimum number of parts,is therefore simple in con'- struction, and is cheap to manufacture.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in t-he claimhereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope ofthe claim, may be resorted to wit iout departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cultivatorconstructed in accordance with my invention and showing the parts intheir normal positions, Fig, 2 is a top plan view of the same, Fig. 3 isa similar View but showing the parts in an adjusted relation, Fig. 4 isa detail cross sectional View taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the pivot block.

Like reference numerals designate corre spending parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the invention comprises a beam 5 having aninclined rear end 6, and formed in the beam near the rear end is avertical opening 7. Also formed in the beam at the front end thereof isa plurality of vertical openings 8-8. Disposed below the beam is a pivotblock 9, which is formed with a pair of openings 10 adapted to registerwith openings 8 for receiving fastening bolts 11, said bolts having nuts12 associated therewith. Formed in the rear end of the pivot block 9 isanother vertical opening 13 having a countersink 'l-ft.4

My invention further comprises a laterally swinging arcuate element 15,one end thereof extending forwardly to form a standard 1G having anopening 17 formed therein and adapted to register with thel opening 13of the block 9. Disposed within said openings 13 and 17 is a pivot bolt1S having a nut 19 associated therewith for securing the parts together.The other end of the element 15 is formed with a laterally extendinghead 20, said head projecting on opposite sides of the element anddisposed at right angles thereto. Formed in the head is an arcuate slot21, which is struck from the pivot opening 17 of the standard iti. Theslot 21 registers with the opening 7 of the beam, and disposed withinsaid opening and projecting through the slot is a bolt 22 having a nut23 associated therewith. It will thus be observed that the element 15can be swung upon its pivot bolt 18 to either side of the beam 5 andretained 'in any adjust-ed position by means of the bolt 22 and the nut23.

Centrally formed in the element 15 is a pair ot spaced openings 24 and25 respectively. An arcuate standard 2G, which is formed of metal, isslotted, as indicated by the reference numeral 27, to form spaced arms28-28- Formed in each Iarm near the free end thereof is an opening 29,and these openings register with the opening 21 of the element 15.Disposed within said alined openings is a bolt 30 which forms a pivotfor permitting the standard 26 to swing vertically. Also formed in eacharm 28 is a plurality of openings 31 and each pair of these openings isadapted to successively register with the opening 25 of the element 15.Associated with any of the alined openings is a bolt 32, which isadapted to hold the standard rigidly to the element 15. Formed in thelower end of the standard 2G is an opening 33 in which is locatedy abolt 3ft to which may be readily attached a cultivator shovel not shownor other like earthengaging tool.

Centrally extending rearwardly from the head 20 is a rearwardly inclinedL-shaped bracket 36 having a pluralityT of transverse openings 87 formedin the long arm thereofl'. The long arm is adapted to be normallydisposed directly in rear of and in spaced relation to the rear end 6oi' the beam. Disposed within the openings 37v are bolts 3S by means ofwhich handles 39-39 are secured to said head 20 to turn therewith.

-From the fore-going, it will be observed that as before stated, theelement vl5 can be swung laterally to either side ofthe beam 5 and heldin an adjusted position, and also should it be desired to adjust theinclination of the standard 26 such adjustment can be readily made bychanging the bolt 32,' as will be readily understood. It will also benoted that when the element is swung to either side of the bea-m, thehandles are also shifted, thereby drawing the earth-engaging toolagainst the earth.

What is claimed is: In combination with al plow beam, 'of an arcuateelement pivotally connected at its Y forward end to the forward end ofthebeam for'lateral swinging movements, a laterally extending headconnected to the other end oit' said element, means connecting the beamand head Jfor locking the latter in an adjusted position, a rearwardlylextending l.- shaped bracket integral withy the head, the

long arm thereof being normally disposedv in rear ,of therearfend of thebeam, and

, Joan H. DEKLE.

Witnesses: i

GEO. A; Dianna, W. DONALDSON'.

Cipic: of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

